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Imperial Soup
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Imperial Soup

17 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1014
Calories
55g
Protein
31g
Fat
127g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups White Stock III
  • 2 cups stale bread crumbs
  • 2 stalks celery, broken in pieces
  • 2 slices carrot, cut in cubes
  • 1 small onion
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • Sprig of parsley
  • 2 cloves
  • ½ teaspoon peppercorns
  • Bit of bay leaf
  • Blade of mace
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ breast boiled chicken
  • ⅓ cup blanched almonds
  • 1 cup cream
  • ½ cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons flour

Directions

1

Cook celery, carrot, and onion in one tablespoon butter five minutes; tie in cheese-cloth with parsley, cloves, peppercorns, bay leaf, and mace; add to stock with salt and bread crumbs, simmer one hour, remove seasonings, and rub through a sieve. Chop chicken meat and rub through sieve; pound almonds to a paste, add to chicken, then add cream. Combine mixtures, add milk, reheat, and bind with remaining butter and flour cooked together.

By Fannie Merritt Farmer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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